# General TV trivia questions

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**Created:** [January 20, 2001, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-tv-trivia-questions/51064 "2001-01-20T22:23:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-tv-trivia-questions/51064/101 "2001-04-15T22:06:45Z")

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I know it was John Daly–but other than that he was the last Mystery Guest I have no clue.  
77. What characters on _The Simpsons_ was Bart’s aunt Selma married to?  
78. What unusual character appeared in the background, in the backstage shots on _The Muppet Show?_  
79. Why did Dan Rather suddenly leave the set on the _CBS Evening News_ once?  
80. What actor appeared both as a subsidiary character on _Happy Days_ and Archie Bunker’s TV repairman on _All in the Family?_  
81. Who spoke the entire dialogue in the Marx Brothers 1961 TV movie _The Great Jewel Robbery?_

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-tv-trivia-questions/51064/102 "2001-04-15T22:31:52Z")

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> \*Originally posted by dougie\_monty \*  
> \*\*I know it was John Daly–but other than that he was the last Mystery Guest I have no clue.  
> 77. What characters on _The Simpsons_ was Bart’s aunt Selma married to?  
> 78. What unusual character appeared in the background, in the backstage shots on _The Muppet Show?_  
> 79. Why did Dan Rather suddenly leave the set on the _CBS Evening News_ once?  
> 80. What actor appeared both as a subsidiary character on _Happy Days_ and Archie Bunker’s TV repairman on _All in the Family?_  
> 81. Who spoke the entire dialogue in the Marx Brothers 1961 TV movie _The Great Jewel Robbery?_ \*\*

1. Sideshow Bob Terwilliger  
Lionel Hutz (no episode, but a reference is made!)  
Troy McClure

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**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-tv-trivia-questions/51064/103 "2001-04-15T23:32:43Z")

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> \*Originally posted by dougie\_monty \*  
> \*\*I know it was John Daly–but other than that he was the last Mystery Guest I have no clue.  
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He was the last Mystery Guest because they had been saving him as an emergency fill-in, should some guest be unable to make it to the studio on time. When they came to the last show, that wasn’t a problem any more and it made a satisfying closure for the long-running series. Mr. Daly himself explained it after he had stumped the panel.

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